tblough posted pictures of his Bus Pirate case made from a scrap of black Delrin. Get a Bus Pirate v3b for $30, including worldwide shipping at Seeed Studio. Adafruit also has the Bus Pirate and probe cables in stock and ready to ship. Each Bus Pirate sold supports further development.
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USB Infrared Toy firmware v07
USB Infrared Toy firmware v07 is ready to download. V06 was a little buggy, this release should be a lot more solid. This download contains the latest firmware only. Transmit fixed (hopefully) LED on/off/mute commands Sample timer setup Transmit frequency modulation setup Byte endianness adjustment Fixed hardware version detect (now solid) Cleaned most code (could […]
Free PCB Sunday: USB RGB color changer
We go through a lot of prototype PCBs, and end up with lots of extras that we’ll never use. Every Sunday we give away a few professionally-made PCBs from one of our past or future projects, or a related prototype. This is a USB controlled RGB color changing light. Someone made some minor modifications to […]
Week in (p)review: August 29, 2010
Here’s some highlights from the past week, in case you missed them: v06 USB Infrared Toy firmware with transmit mode The USB LCD backpack is nearly ready for a prototype The computer controlled voltage/current source/sink picked up a few new contributors Bus Pirate v4 worked over USB for the first time There’s a new collection […]
Bus Pirate BASIC script engine
This weird display needs a constant control signal. Eric used the Bus Pirate BASIC script engine to light it up, his script is in the forum. Get a Bus Pirate v3b for $30, including worldwide shipping at Seeed Studio. Adafruit also has the Bus Pirate and probe cables in stock and ready to ship.
Site updates
Over the last few weeks we moved most project-related stuff to the new documentation wiki. This week it became official: we pointed all the project links at the top of the blog to the new wiki pages. Here’s some highlights: Projects currently in development Project list Updated Bus Pirate manual Get involved: help wanted
DIY budget Bus Pirate case
Inbilla made a budget case to protect the Bus Pirate. Features: – Fully enclosed fitted Bus Pirate case – your bus pirate is safe in your kit now! – Plastic coated for high quality and general wear and tear – LED status viewing window protecting the LED’s but still allowing you to see them – […]
Alternative Logic Sniffer client v0.8.3
Jawi just released version 0.8.3 of the forked SUMP logic analyzer client that works with the Logic Sniffer. We also started a wiki page for the SUMP fork with some links. Please add any useful tips you have. Change log: Made the port-chooser editable, allowing people to enter their own device in case it is […]
Bus Pirate power tools
Are there any ‘power tools’ that would make the Bus Pirate more useful? We want to develop a collection of cross-platform command line utilities for common stuff. There’s already two apps. The first accesses the SPI sniffer from binary mode for maximum speed. The second is a self-test utility that will be used in production. […]
USB IR Toy firmware v06, bounty
USB Infrared toy firmware v06 is ready to download. The IR sample mode now includes a transmit command, see the updated documentation. This download contains the latest firmware, source, and hardware. Changed versioning from v1.xx to Vxx (this release is v06 instead of v1.06) Transmit added to IR sample mode Transmit frequency adjustable in IR […]
Test script processor for the Bus Pirate
Here’s another use for the AT Command Script Processor we posted last week. We’ve been using to run test scripts on new Bus Pirate firmwares. Get a Bus Pirate v3b for $30, including worldwide shipping at Seeed Studio. Adafruit also has the Bus Pirate and probe cables in stock and ready to ship. Each Bus […]
Fragile connectors on the SparkFun Nokia knock-off
Fragile connectors on the SparkFun Nokia knock-off LCD are a headache. They’re not rated for multiple insertions, but we can usually move them very carefully on a final prototype. A mating connector we soldered must have warped from the heat. It ate two LCDs right away. On the right is the ‘good’ from a few […]
Bus Pirate SPI sniffer utility v0.2
A new version of the Bus Pirate SPI sniffer helper application and source is ready to download. This version adds clock edge and idle phase configuration settings. It also has new command line parsing. Download links and updated instructions are on the wiki.
Alternative Logic Sniffer client v0.8.2
Jawi released version 0.8.2 of a forked SUMP logic analyzer client for the Logic Sniffer. Change log: Added support for the dynamic sample depth as supported in the 2.12 firmware. A warning is issued when trying to capture with a sample depth that is not supported; Initial approach for “annotating” the captured data with the […]
A shipment of parts from Mouser
Parts! There’s gonna be solder! and hot air!
Free PCB Sunday: USB RGB color changer
We go through a lot of prototype PCBs, and end up with lots of extras that we’ll never use. Every Sunday we give away a few professionally-made PCBs from one of our past or future projects, or a related prototype. This is a USB controlled RGB color changing light. Someone made some minor modifications to […]
Week in (p)review: August 22, 2010
Here’s some highlights from the past week, in case you missed them: Dynamic Sampling depths on the Logic Sniffer! Continued development on an USB LCD backpack and a computer controlled voltage/current source/sink. You’re welcome to get involved too. An updated Bus Blaster design was posted. Bus Pirate v4 was assembled and tested. There are some […]
EEPROM programmer to a low-cost desktop test bench
Openschemes bought an inexpensive Top2005 multiple chip programmer, but they couldn’t get it to work well. In a two-part series they trace the circuit and create alternative FPGA bitstreams that turn it into a full-featured desktop test bench. Great writeup of a reverse engineering adventure. Via the forum, thanks for the tip IPenguin!
Bus Pirate SPI sniffer utility v0.1
SPI sniffing with the Bus Pirate just got easier. SPIsniffer is a helper application (power tool?) that accesses the SPI sniffer using the fast binary mode. This is 3 to 4 times faster than displaying snooped output in the terminal mode. In terminal mode the Bus Pirate decodes raw data to user-friendly HEX formatted numbers, […]
Bus Pirate firmware v5.7
Bus Pirate firmware v5.7 is ready to download. This is a bugfix release: Improved SPI sniffer, higher max speed Clear terminal buffer overflow error What’s on your wishlist for firmware v5.8? We also uploaded two new source code packages. Source for firmware v4.3 and v5.7 is ready for your hacking pleasure. Read about the firmware […]